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Day 8 – Final Update
Medal Haul Continues for Team USA, Winningest Country of 2023 Pan Am Games
ALGARROBO, CHILE (4 November 2023) – As the final day of the Pan Am Games sailing event comes to a close with medal races in seven classes, Team USA continues their success with four more medals. This brings the total US Sailing Team medal count to nine: four gold, three silver, and two bronze. Team USA is also leaving Algarrobo with the most medals and the most Gold medals of the 27 participating countries.
In the ILCA 6 and Lightning, athletes were able to sail today’s medal races with peace of mind knowing they had already clinched gold on points alone. Throughout the event, Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) outpaced the competition in the ILCA 6, winning seven of the ten series races as well as the medal race. Reineke has been putting in the work at the gym and in physical therapy as she mends from an injury early this year, preparing for her Olympic circuit regattas and upcoming Trials.
“It feels great to win gold for Team USA. With the team here, the vibes have been amazing. I’m just happy to be here and compete!” said Reineke, who also celebrated her 30th birthday as she accepted the ILCA 6 gold. “I want to give a big thanks to my coach Eric back home. We’ve been working together since I got back in the ILCA 6. This result is proof we’re going in the right direction.”
Allan Terhune Jr. (Annapolis, MD), Sarah Chin (Harvey Cedars, NJ), and Madeline Baldridge (Charleston, SC) brought home Gold in the Lightning, ending a 24-year drought for the US Lightning discipline at Pan Ams. While this is Terhune’s first appearance at the Pan Am games, he has come runner-up at the US Pan Am Trials four times.
“The three of us put together a plan last fall, executed, and got the best possible result,” said Terhune. “I feel really lucky to have partnered with this crew.”
“There are times in the sport when things just come together, and since we’ve started sailing together, we’ve seen more and more of these moments,” continued crew Sarah Chin. “Being able to say we performed at our very best here is a huge accomplishment for us and I feel really proud of our team and what we’ve been able to do. This is where sailing is really a team sport and it’s been awesome to get the energy from the rest of the US team. Honestly, this has been the best regatta of my entire life!”
The Snipe and Nacra 17 classes round out today’s medals, with both classes achieving silver after their respective medal races. Sarah Newberry-Moore (Miami, FL) and David Liebenberg (Richmond, Calif.) locked in a medal on points after day six of racing, but their second-place finish in the medal race solidified their silver medal position. By finishing as the top North American country, Newberry-Moore and Liebenberg qualified the country in the Nacra 17 at the 2024 Olympics.
“Getting to represent the US is what we’ve been working toward basically our entire adult lives,” said Liebenberg about the prospect of winning selection and racing in Marseille next year. “Both of us started campaigning right out of college so it’s been almost a ten year journey, so that’s the goal.”
The Pan Am games were full of ups and downs for the Snipe team of Ernesto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) and Kathleen Tocke (Buffalo, NY). Rodriguez, who won gold at the 2019 Pan Am Games, got off to a rough start with an OCS in race three. However, the duo was able to climb back up the scoreboard, culminating with a win in the medal race.
“We didn’t start the championship well, but we did the best we could. We fought hard in the last four races, and then winning the medal race was a bit of a consolation,” said Rogriguez. “Thanks to my super crew Kathleen: it was a tough week, and we weren’t sailing exactly the way we wanted, but it worked out – second is pretty good!”
“The points were so close in our fleet today it was anyone’s game. Everyone who made it to the medal race had won a race this week so it was really the best of the best,” added crew Kathleen Tocke.
Next, athletes in Olympic classes will turn their attention to finishing up outstanding country qualifications to get a full slate of USA berths in Paris. For all classes except Women’s Formula Kite, athletes will also enter final preparations for domestic trials and international selection.
Highlights:
- Alan Terhune, Madeline Baldridge, and Sarah Chin win Gold in the Lightning – This marks the first time the USA has won gold in the Lightning class in 24 years
- Erika Reineke wins gold in the ILCA 6
- Ernesto Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke win silver in the Snipe class
- Sarah Newberry-Moore and David Liebenberg win silver in the Nacra 17 and qualify the US for the 2024 Olympics in the Nacra 17
- Connor Blouin finishes 5th overall in the Men’s Sunfish after placing 5th in the medal race
- Chapman Petersen finishes 13th overall in the ILCA 7
- Amanda Callahan finishes 8th overall in the Women’s Sunfish
Day 7 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (3 November 2023) – A golden day for Team USA! After medal races in six of the 13 classes, the US Sailing Team is taking home five medals, including gold medals in the 49er and Women’s Formula Kite. The team also has confirmed gold medals in the ILCA 6 and Lightning classes ahead of their medal races tomorrow and either a silver or bronze in the Nacra 17.
After dominating the competition by winning all but three of her 18 races, Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, Calif.) has come away with Gold at her first Pan Am Games. As first return to competition since the Combined World Championship in August, Moroz looked to the Pan Ams as a valuable rehearsal for Paris 2024 with both USA and personal qualification already achieved.
“Going to a Games like this is always a really good experience. At the end of a hard week, being on top of the podium and hearing your national anthem is a really cool moment,” said Moroz. “It was a tricky week with some really hard conditions, but the Pan Am Games are an important stop on the road to Paris so I’m glad I was able to be here.
From here I’m heading straight into winter training, spending time in the gym in Miami and some on the water time in Mexico before the Princessa Sofia regatta next spring.”
Also winning Gold and their medal race is the USA 49er team of Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Hans Henken (Coronado, Calif.). Their gold caps a successful season: Barrow/Henken placed 7th at the Olympic Test Event and 9th at the Combined World Championships, where they also helped qualify the US in the 49er class for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
After taking home the USA’s first ever 49er Pan American Gold medal, Barrows said, “Winning Gold feels amazing. There’s been a lot of hard work put in with our team and to be able to come here and pull it off against some good teams [feels great],” said Barrows.
“We’re incredibly excited to be here and win a gold at the Pan American Games, it’s a stepping stone for us,” said Henken. “What we really want to do [win selection] for Marseilles and stand on the podium at the Olympic Games!”
In the iQFOiL classes, Dominique Stater (Miami, Fla.) secured a silver medal and qualified the USA for a spot in the Women’s iQFOiL at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
“I’m happy to have sailed well – the final was a bit crazy, but it was a great event,” said Stater. “My mom learned to windsurf here in Algarrobo when she was my age, so it means a lot to be able to compete here at such an important event.
It’s a huge relief to have qualified the US for the Olympics in the Women’s iQFOiL – now it’s off to Australia then Lanzarote to train before the Olympic trials in January.”
Men’s iQFOiL athlete Noah Lyons (Clearwater, Fla.) came away from the medal series with a bronze medal. Because Lyons finished as the second North American country to Aruba, he and the rest of the American Men’s iQFOiL squad will now turn their attention to qualify the country at the “Last Chance Regatta” in April 2024 in Hyeres, France.
It’s a bronze for USA 49erFX team Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, IL) after a challenging week sparring with some of the top FX teams in the world, including two-time 49erFX Olympic Gold Medalists, Brazil’s Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, who took home Gold today.
“It was exciting to go into the final day today with everything to play for,” said Steph Roble. “We were excited about the conditions and had a nice start set up for the medal race but unfortunately pulled the trigger a little too early and were over the line. We did our best to get back in the mix and couldn’t quite pull it off, but we’re proud of our bronze and a week of beautiful racing in Algarrobo.”
Tomorrow, Team USA will race in five of the seven remaining medal races with three already confirmed medals and another medal in reach in the Snipe class.
November 4th Schedule
Track the racing here
Watch the live broadcast here
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- ILCA 7 Medal Race at 1100 ET, Broadcast Live
- ILCA 6 Medal Race at 1140, Broadcast Live
- Racing for USA: Erika Reineke (already confirmed Gold)
- Nacra 17 Medal Race at 1220, Broadcast Live
- Racing for USA: Sarah Newberry Moore & David Liebenberg (confirmed Silver or Bronze)
- Sunfish Men Medal Race at 1100 ET
- Racing for USA: Conner Blouin
- Sunfish Women Medal Race at 1140 ET
- Snipe Medal Race at 1220 ET
- Racing for USA: Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke
- Lightning Medal Race at 1300 ET
- Racing for USA: Allan Terhune, Sarah Chin, and Madeline Baldridge (already confirmed Gold)
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Live tracking: here
Full standings: https://sailing.results-santiago2023.org/en/default/races/race
Event Website: https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/SAL/schedule/daily
Full Entry List: https://sailing.results-santiago2023.org/en/default/races/race-inscriptions
Live Broadcast: November 2-5 at https://www.panamsportschannel.org/main
For media inquiries: Allison Chenard, US Sailing Team Media & Communications – allisonchenard@ussailing.org +1 (401) 342-7962
Day 6 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (2 November 2023) – The final days of the Pan American Games are approaching but Team USA has maintained intensity and is bringing home some early good news. Sarah Newberry Moore (Miami, FL) and David Liebenberg (Richmond, CA) secured USA country qualification for Paris 2024 in the Nacra 17. With the medal race still to come on Saturday, they are guaranteed either a silver or bronze medal with Argentina having already secured the gold medal.
“It’s definitely a big relief,” said Liebenberg. “For me, it’s come in waves where we’ve been planning and knew it needed to happen and thought it would and were confident in it, but to have it done is really nice.” Newberry Moore added “Overall, we maintained confidence that we were able to achieve this goal and that doesn’t change how satisfying it is to have achieved it.”
In a stand-out performance, winning seven of ten races over the last six days of racing, Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) has secured a gold medal in the ILCA 6 class before the start of the upcoming medal race on Saturday, November 4th. Reineke put enough points between herself and Sarah Douglas, 2019 Lima Pan Am Games ILCA 6 gold medalist and Canadian Tokyo 2020 Olympian and will sail one final day with the confidence of a locked-in Gold Medal.
The USA was already guaranteed an ILCA 6 spot in Paris thanks to qualifying performances at the 2023 World Championships in The Netherlands, so the pressure was alleviated for Reineke this week in Chile. “I really wanted to treat this as [practice for the] Games because this is my first Games experience,” said Reineke. “I haven’t been to the Pan American Games or Olympic Games, so I wanted to take in the experience and try to perform how I’d want to at the Olympics. While there wasn’t pressure to get an Olympic spot, there was pressure for me to win a medal, so I’m really happy to come away with that in the end.”
Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, Calif.), having won 12 of 16 races in the Women’s Formula Kite, is on track to win the overall event with tomorrow’s medal series kicking off at 1310 local time, 1210 ET / 0910 PT. Team USA’s Markus Edegran (West Palm Beach, Fla.) will enter the semifinals at 1300 local, 1200 ET / 0900 PT and work to secure a Paris 2024 country qualification in the Men’s Formula Kite for USA.
Dominique Stater (Miami, Fla.) and Noah Lyons (Clearwater, Fla.) will sail the Women’s and Men’s iQFOiL medal series tomorrow. Stater is on track to win a medal, and, if she stays ahead of Canada’s Rebecca Heller, will qualify the USA for a spot in the Women’s iQFOiL at Paris 2024. In the Men’s iQFOiL, Noah Lyons is in a close battle for country qualification with Aruban windsurfer, Ethan Westera. To qualify the US for a spot in the Paris 2024 Men’s iQFOiL event, Lyons must finish as the top North American sailor.
Still in progress but tracking nicely with two remaining days of racing, USA’s 49er and Lightning teams sit atop their respective leaderboards with a healthy number of points between them and second place. Specific medals are not yet guaranteed, but both teams are working to pull ahead as much as possible with a six-point buffer in the 49er standings and a seven-point buffer in the Lightning standings. With the Paris qualification spot already secure for the 49er, Barrows and Henken are hungry to win the Pan American Games this week in the 49er.
Working to move up the scoreboard are Team USA’s Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea in the 49erFX, currently tied for 2nd and two points out of first, and Ernesto Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke in the Snipe, four points out of third and in batting range for first. Roble and Shea are guaranteed a medal in the FX and are now working to turn it gold. See full results here.
Paris 2024 Country Qualifier Update:
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- Nacra 17 – must finish as top North American country
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- Secured pre-medal race
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- Women’s iQFOiL – must either finish as top North American country or as the top North American finisher after Mexico
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- Currently on track to finish ahead of Canada’s Rebecca Heller
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- Men’s iQFOiL – must finish as top North American country
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- Lyons needs to beat Ethan Westera of Aruba to secure USA qualification
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- Men’s Kite – must finish as top North American country
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- Edegran will enter the finals series to fight for USA qualification
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- ILCA 7 – must finish as first or second North American country
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- Petersen is currently 6th in the Pan Ams North American finishing lineup, but there are two more qualification opportunities at the 2024 World Championships in Australia and at the “Last Chance Regatta” in Hyères, France
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- Nacra 17 – must finish as top North American country
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Women’s Kite, 49er, 49er FX, and ILCA 6 already qualified the USA for Paris 2024 at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.
November 3rd Schedule:
Track the racing here:
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- 49er Medal Race at 1200 ET
- 49erFX Medal Race at 1240 ET
- Men’s iQFOiL Medal Series at 1330 ET
- Women’s iQFOiL Medal Series at 1330 ET
- Men’s Kite Medal Series at 1200 ET
- Women’s Kite Medal Series at 1210 ET
- Lightning, 2 races at 1200 ET
- Snipe, 2 races at 1207 ET
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Off tomorrow: Nacra 17, ILCA 6, ILCA 7, Sunfish Men & Women
Day 5 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (1 November 2023) – The sun hid away, and Team USA’s singlehanded athletes came to play with a race win for Blouin in the Men’s Sunfish, a 2nd place finish in the ILCA 7 for Petersen, and race wins across the board for Erika Reineke in the ILCA 6. Kites, iQFOiLs, Snipe, and Lightning took a day off, and the rest of the fleets took to the water for lighter breeze and calmer sea swell than previous days.
Highlights:
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- Erika Reineke won both races in the ILCA 6
- Race win for Conner Blouin in the men’s Sunfish, moved up 2 places in the standings
- 2nd place finish for Petersen in the ILCA 7, moved up 2 places in the standings
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“I finally got my upwind speed going a bit and there were actually some shifts to play,” said Chapman Petersen after turning the tide on his regatta with a 2nd place finish in the ILCA 7 fleet. “I think I was able to take advantage of a shiftier race and sail the lifts and finally get around the windward mark in a good position, then I was able to extend the races a lot easier and get away from the windward mark in the front.”
“Today was a lot better than the earlier days I’ve had here,” said Conner Blouin in the Men’s Sunfish. “It was a lighter which made it a little more manageable for me, and I ended up with a 3-1. I’ve been starting well the whole event, but just haven’t had quite enough horsepower to keep up in the bigger wind and wave conditions.”
When asked about the conditions, Blouin said “I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s huge, it looks like a house is coming at you every time. It’s a cool experience, for sure.”
Live broadcast begins tomorrow, November 2nd, at 1200 local time, 1100 ET / 0800 PT, covering Women’s iQFOiL for three races followed by Nacra 17 for three races. Login using an existing Facebook or Google account here or create a unique login.
Schedules:
Racing tomorrow, track it here:
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- Women’s iQFOiL, 3 races at 1200 ET (broadcast LIVE here)
- 49er, 3 races at 1200 ET
- Men’s Kite, 4 races at 1200 ET
- Men’s Sunfish, 2 races at 1200 ET
- Men’s iQFOiL, 3 races at 1205 ET
- 49erFX, 3 races at 1207 ET
- Women’s Sunfish, 2 races at 1207 ET
- Women’s Kite, 4 races at 1210
- Nacra 17, 3 races at 1230 ET (broadcast LIVE here)
- ILCA 7, 2 races at 1400 ET
- ILCA 6, 2 races at 1407 ET
- Snipe, 2 races at 1415 ET
- Lightning, 2 races at 1422
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Day 4 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (31 October 2023) – Day four of the Pan American Games brought some much-needed sun and warmer air temperatures to combat the frigid Pacific water and mountainous swell. Team USA powered through another 10-15 knot day with nine classes finishing the day in podium positions.
Though the race committee projected a 30% calmer sea state than the previous days, day four shaped up to be another wavy one. “There’s really nothing like it- it’s some of the biggest waves we’ve seen. You don’t see this on the east coast of the US, that’s for sure,” said Allan Terhune, skipper of the USA Lightning team after dominating another day with a 1-1-2 scoreline. “You’ve got to keep the boat loaded up and keep it powering through the big swell with chop on top. It’s pretty difficult; the boat is going up in the swell and then there’s chop. It’s easy to want to depower the boat thinking it’s windy, but you need the power through the waves so it’s a balance.”
Highlights:
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- Daniela Moroz won all four races in the Women’s Formula Kite, continuing her winning streak from day three
- In the Nacra 17, Sarah Newberry-Moore and David Liebenberg moved up the standings from 3rd to 2nd
- Erika Reineke remains on top of the ILCA 6 class, scoring a 2nd in the one race of the day
- The Men’s and Women’s Sunfish and Snipe classes continue to grind their way up the leaderboard, with each US representative advancing at least a place today
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Schedules:
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- Racing today: All classes except 49er and 49erFX
- Racing tomorrow, track it here:
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- Nacra 17,3 races at 1200 ET
- ILCA 7, 2 races at 1200 ET
- 49er, 3 races at 1200 ET
- ILCA 6, 2 races at 1207 ET
- 49erFX, 3 races at 1207 ET
- Sunfish Men, 2 races at 1415 ET
- Sunfish Women, 2 races at 1422 ET
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Day 3 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (30 October 2023) – After a day of no racing, Team USA wasted no time climbing the leaderboard today at the Pan Am Games, with four of the 13 classes in first overall, and five more classes in the top three. All classes took to the Pacific in big swell and winds 12-15 knots gusting to 20. Erika Reineke and Daniela Moroz won every race in the ILCA 6 and Women’s Kite, respectively; whilefour other classes moved up the standings.
Highlights*:
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- Daniela Moroz won all four races in the Women’s Formula Kite, moved into 1st overall
- Erika Reineke won all three races in the ILCA 6, remained in 1st overall
- Ian Barrows and Hans Henken (49er) moved into 1st overall with a 2-1-1 scoreline for the day
- Allan Terhune, Sarah Chin, and Madeline Baldridge (Lightning) wrapped their first day of racing in 1st overall with a 2-1-2 scoreline
- Noah Lyons moved from 3rd to 2nd overall in the Men’s iQFOiL
- Dominique Stater moved from 4th to 3rd in the Women’s iQFOiL
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*Awaiting further score updates in a few classes
“The swell was the biggest I’ve ever seen or sailed in,” said Erika Reineke, winner of all ILCA 6 day three races. “On the upwinds it feels like the boat loads and unloads in an aggressive and extreme way. On the downwinds it feels loose at moments but once you catch a big swell it’s like riding a wave for eternity.”
On the mend from an injury, Reineke has been putting in the work at the gym and in physical therapy to prepare for her Olympic circuit regattas and upcoming Trials. “I’ve definitely put a lot of work in since my injury at the beginning of the year,” said Erika. “I think I’m just starting to see the months of consistency begin to work. There’s still heaps to go, though, and I’m looking forward to keeping on riding this progression.”
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- Racing day 3 today: all 13 classes
- Racing day 4 tomorrow, track it here:
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- iQFOiL Men, 4 races at 1200 ET
- Sunfish Men, 1 race at 1200 ET
- Kite Men, 4 races at 1200 ET
- Lightning, 3 races at 1200 ET
- iQFOiL Women, 4 races at 1205 ET
- Snipe, 3 races at 1207 ET
- Sunfish Women, 1 race at 1210 ET
- Kite Women, 4 races at 1210 ET
- ILCA 7, 1 race at 1300 ET
- ILCA 6, 1 race at 1307 ET
- Nacra 17, 2 races at 1400 ET
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Day 2 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (29 October 2023) – Athletes arrived around 1000 for day two of the Pan American Games and settled in for the long haul as postponement flags went up the staff for each class. Racing was called at 1515 local time as officials deemed the conditions unsuitable for racing and unsafe for competitors due to large waves.
The plan is to spread today’s intended races over the next two days with better forecasts ahead. Because of the schedule shift, all 13 classes will race day three with Nacra 17, ILCA 7, Lightning, and Women’s Kite kicking off the day’s races at noon local time.
Day 1 Update
ALGARROBO, CHILE (28 October 2023) – The first day of sailing competition at the 2023 Pan American Games opened in Algarrobo with cloudy skies and temperatures just over 50°F. Ten of the 13 classes took the field in 10-15 knots of breeze with long, large swells, while Nacra 17s, Snipes, and Lightnings took one more day of prep and rest.
On deck for five classes is the opportunity to qualify the United States for the Paris 2024 Olympics:
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- Men’s iQFOiL – must finish as top North American country
- Women’s iQFOiL – must either finish as top North American country or as the top North American finisher after Mexico
- Men’s Kite – must finish as top North American country
- ILCA 7 – must finish as first or second North American country
- Nacra 17 – must finish as top North American country
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Women’s Kite, 49er, 49er FX, and ILCA 6 already qualified the USA for Paris 2024 at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.
Team USA athletes kicked off Pan Ams with the majority of athletes sitting on the podium or just off in 4th after day one. Erika Reineke traded scorelines with Canada’s Sarah Douglas at a 2-1, 1-2, respectively, tying them for first overall. Both the USA and Canada have qualified for the Paris 2024 Games, so the good friends are enjoying healthy competition pushing each other on the Pacific Ocean.
Event Preview
BRISTOL, RI (21 October 2023) – Heading south to Chile as the winningest country in Pan American Games sailing history with 88 medals since 1951, 19 American athletes will take to the waters of Algarrobo for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Representing 11 states, the group will race October 28-November 5 and join the other 612 Team USA athletes for the 19th edition of the Games.
The Pan American Games will host nine of the ten Olympic sailing classes (excluding the Mixed 470) and four non-Olympic classes (Snipe, Lightning, and Men’s and Women’s Sunfish).
Team USA for the 2023 Pan American Games:
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- 49er – Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) & Hans Henken (Coronado, CA)
- 49er FX – Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) & Maggie Shea (Wilmette, IL)
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- 2019 Pan Am Games Silver Medalists, 49er FX
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- Men’s Formula Kite – Markus Edegran (Palm Beach, FL)
- Women’s Formula Kite – Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, CA)
- ILCA 6 – Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- ILCA 7 – Chapman Petersen (Fontana, WI)
- Men’s iQFOiL – Noah Lyons (Clearwater, FL)
- Women’s iQFOiL – Dominique Stater (Miami, FL)
- Lightning – Allan Terhune, Jr. (Annapolis, MD), Sarah Chin (Harvey Cedars, NJ), & Madeline Baldridge (Charleston, SC)
- Nacra 17 – Sarah Newberry Moore (Miami, FL) & David Liebenberg (Richmond, CA)
- Snipe – Ernesto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) & Kathleen Tocke (Buffalo, NY)
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- Rodriguez – 2019 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist with Hallie Schiffman
- Tocke – 2011 Pan Am Games Silver Medalist with Augie Diaz, 2015 Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist with Augie Diaz
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- Men’s Sunfish – Conner Blouin (Charleston, SC)
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- Third consecutive Pan American Games appearance
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- Women’s Sunfish – Amanda Callahan (Portsmouth, RI)
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For the Olympic classes, the Santiago Games will provide the second opportunity to qualify the United States for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Results needed at the 2023 Pan American Games to qualify the USA for Paris 2024:
- Men’s iQFOiL – must finish as top North American country
- Women’s iQFOiL – must either finish as top North American country or as the top North American finisher after Mexico
- Men’s Kite – must finish as top North American country
- ILCA 7 – must finish as first or second North American country
- Nacra 17 – must finish as top North American country
Women’s Kite, 49er, 49er FX, and ILCA 6 already qualified the USA for Paris 2024 at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.
Heading into his third consecutive Pan American Games as the men’s Sunfish representative, Conner Blouin of Charleston, SC is hungry for the podium after two fourth place finishes in the 2015 and 2019 editions. “Winning a medal at this Games has been my biggest goal over the last four years,” said Blouin. “My approach has revolved around a diverse and consistent sailing style and a strong fitness program. It’s been hard to fully prepare the last couple of months while coaching at the College of Charleston, but I hope the experience I have will shine through!”
“The game plan to get to Paris has been to knock out as many country qualifications as we could during our first opportunity at the World Championships earlier this year, and then lock in any remaining spots at the Pan Am Games, which serves as the second of three qualification opportunities,” said Sally Barkow, Head of Olympic Operations. “We’ve historically performed well at the Pan American Games and the six athletes who have Olympic country qualification on the line have been putting in the work to set themselves up for success in Chile. I know they’ll give it everything they’ve got, and we’ll be right there on the ground supporting them.”
What are the Pan American Games?
The Pan American Games (“Pan Am Games”) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports and is the oldest continental games in the world. Competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas every four years in the summer before each Summer Olympic Games.
The sailing slate features nearly all Olympic sailing classes as well as four non-Olympic classes: Snipe, Lightning, and Men’s and Women’s Sunfish.
What’s at stake?
For Olympic classes: The 2023 Pan American Games is the second opportunity (following the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Netherlands) for the United States to qualify for berths at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. See above for what’s needed in the remaining classes yet to qualify for the USA and read all about country qualification here.
For non-Olympic classes (Snipe, Lightning, Sunfish): The Pan American Games is one of the top international honors in each respective class.
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Schedule:
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- 24 October – Venue Opens
- 24 – 27 October – Training Permitted
- 25 – 27 October – Equipment Inspection
- 28 October – 5 November – Racing
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- 3 – 5 November – Medal Series
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Live tracking: check back here for link when regatta begins
Live broadcast of Santiago 2023 Pan Am Games: panamsportchannel.org
2023 Pan American Games Sailing Results
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For media inquiries: Allison Chenard, US Sailing Team Media & Communications – allisonchenard@ussailing.org +1 (401) 342-7962